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ing much confidence in the discretion of the female 
department. In the courtyard were two large-sized 
jars, (g) the larger one being the bazam or corn-jar, 
and the smaller (d) the gebam or water-jar. In the 
corner, formed between the hut (a) and the wall of 
the courtyard, was the " fugodl," or kitchen, on a 
small scale. 
The house belonged to a private man, who was 
absent at the time. From the outer courtyard, 
which j as I have observed, was spacious, and fenced 
only with corn-stalks, there was an interesting pano- 
rama over a great extent of country to the south, and 
I was enabled to take a great many angles. From 
this place also I made the following sketch of a cone 
which seemed to me very picturesque, but the exact 
name of which I could not learn. 
Sarawu is the most elevated place on the latter part 
of this route, although the highest point of the water- 
partition, between the basin of the Tsad and that of 
the so-called Niger, as I stated before, seems to be at 
the pass north of U'ba. The difference between the 
state of the corn here and in Miibi and thereabout was 
